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24 Jun 02 - 02:00 PM (#735879) Subject: Life expectancy quiz. From: annamill Hi. I just had a life expectancy quiz from this source www.livingto100.com/quiz.htm and I'm going to make 81. I don't know if thats good or bad. Have fun. Maybe someone would make a link for us. Love, Annamill |
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24 Jun 02 - 02:02 PM (#735880) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: GUEST Click here I'll make 58 - not too good... |
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24 Jun 02 - 02:03 PM (#735881) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull a href=www.living to100.com/quiz.htm |
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24 Jun 02 - 02:05 PM (#735885) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: MMario Health/Life expectancy quiz says I'll get to 84 - despite being an overweight smoker who doesn't take vitamins, asperin or excercise. |
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24 Jun 02 - 02:14 PM (#735890) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Yippee! it says I will live to be 64, no need to bother with a pension then! We retire at 65 in the UK. Best news I've had all day! |
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24 Jun 02 - 02:15 PM (#735891) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull PS. Whats a bologna sandwich? |
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24 Jun 02 - 02:26 PM (#735899) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: MMario "bologna" or "baloney" is a highly processed "lunchmeat" - common and cheap in the US. definition most people dont consider it to be actual food, edible, or healthy. |
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24 Jun 02 - 02:30 PM (#735904) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Liz the Squeak I make it to 79.6.... already over halfway there.... boo hooo!!! Mind you, if the next 30 years are as bad as the last one, I don't think I want to get THAT far!! LTS |
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24 Jun 02 - 04:14 PM (#735979) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: vectis 82.4 plenty of time to learn those songs I've been meaning to learn. |
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24 Jun 02 - 04:20 PM (#735983) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Kim C I got 93.6. Some of the questions didn't really apply, though... my mother is still alive and only just now turning 70. If she stays the way she is, though, she ain't going to need any assistance. I did have three immediate family members with diabetes, but two of them are dead now. I have to confess, I do love bologna! Must be on white bread with Miracle Whip. I rarely eat it these days, though. But --- the Oscar-Meyer Lite and Fat-Free varieties are VERY good. I love hot dogs too, but they usually make my head hurt. We tried the Ball Park Turkey dogs, and they're really good too. |
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24 Jun 02 - 04:24 PM (#735985) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: GUEST,Ian Before anyone put's any great store in the results, note that the purpose of the survey is to try to get you to buy a book... It is in no way scientifically accurate, or even approaching it. Caveat Emptor Ian |
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24 Jun 02 - 04:26 PM (#735986) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: CarolC Or we could get hit by a bus. Still, 90.4, and I don't even exercise regularly. I don't mind that. Gives me a positive outlook on my prospects for longevity. Maybe that phsychological boost, alone, will helpe me to live longer. |
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24 Jun 02 - 06:12 PM (#736046) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: dorareever 88! I don't need so much TIME! Wait...maybe I do.No excercise, alot of sweets,second-hand smoke,not handling stress....and I'll live to 88! |
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24 Jun 02 - 06:26 PM (#736061) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Bardford 89. That gives me 47 years to learn this fiddle. Also, if I shave a stroke a year off my golf game, I should be able to qualify for the seniors tour by age 82 or 83.
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24 Jun 02 - 07:30 PM (#736114) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: artbrooks 86...boring!! |
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24 Jun 02 - 07:50 PM (#736126) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: GUEST,ozmacca Tried the quiz based on the situation I was in when I was 21..... I'm dead already! Wondered why I don't feel like getting up in the morning. |
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24 Jun 02 - 08:01 PM (#736132) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: kendall 89.9 good, I'll get even with my kids! LOL |
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24 Jun 02 - 09:23 PM (#736167) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: annamill Oh Ian, we know that. Just for fun. Love, Annamill |
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24 Jun 02 - 09:30 PM (#736172) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Amos Looks like I can break 90 if I keep on lying like a trouper!! Yay!! A |
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24 Jun 02 - 09:31 PM (#736174) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: robomatic Fried bologna sandwich is worth a coupla years. Gonna get hung anyway. |
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24 Jun 02 - 09:34 PM (#736175) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: WyoWoman 94.4. You're all stuck with me! Maybe I'll actually learn the Fs and the Bs (chords) by then! WW |
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24 Jun 02 - 10:36 PM (#736204) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Bill D 87.6 years,...guess red meat doesn't hurt much... (never smoked and drink only moderately and NEVER had a cholesterol problem)...maybe I'll fool 'em and make 99.. |
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24 Jun 02 - 10:46 PM (#736206) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Lepus Rex 74.4?! I (truthfully) answered TONS of the right "dead by 40" questions, and I'll live to be 74? God, I hope not. I'll be in REALLY bad shape by then, heh. That's it: Tomorrow, I start smoking/drinking/tanning/drinking coffee/charring meat. Woo! ---Lepus Rex |
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24 Jun 02 - 10:56 PM (#736211) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Jim Krause Well I'll live to be 87. Only thing is, while I don't smoke cigarettes, never have, I do like a cigar once or twice a day. And a glass of wine with supper really makes a meal. Jim |
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24 Jun 02 - 10:56 PM (#736212) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Bobert Well, first time I took the quiz I was gonna live until 103 or until I dropped. So I took it with my left hand and came out 2 years dead and gone. So I flipped and coin, lost 2 out of three, so guess Iz been gone fir a while, which is a purdy darned good excuse for any posts my ghost might have made for which I'd now have to say, ahhhhh, "Sorry". So....sorry... Think I'll take it again to see if it's worth going to bed. Bobert |
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24 Jun 02 - 11:02 PM (#736214) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Jim Krause Hey Lepus, c'mon over buddy and we can smoke us some real good seegars, drink coffe, and beer, pick a few tunes while the brats are burning on the grill. Jim |
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24 Jun 02 - 11:07 PM (#736218) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Bill D no beer, no charred burgers, no wine, no coffee.... that's not LIVING anyway! |
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24 Jun 02 - 11:13 PM (#736224) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Steve Latimer Does anyone know any good estate lawyers?
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24 Jun 02 - 11:22 PM (#736228) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Steve Latimer I went back and changed a few answers. Apparently flossing my teeth daily will prolong my life longer than quitting smoking. I'm off to have a smoke and a floss. |
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24 Jun 02 - 11:25 PM (#736230) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Mudlark Whoa! 92!! That's almost 30 years...oy vay! Maybe I'll be able to manage a B minor yet, even full bar chords...the sky's the limit! Open tuning, here I come.... |
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24 Jun 02 - 11:36 PM (#736238) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Jim Krause Yep, what's life without tobacco, caffeine, alcohol, and red meat? Why pretty soon, there'd be the end of the Folk Tradition as we know it. Just think of all those Uncle Dave Macon songs:
There are probably more. |
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24 Jun 02 - 11:53 PM (#736243) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: kendall According to my doctor, I'm in pretty good shape. Blood pressure 120/60 Cholesterol 211 triglyserides 204 H.D.L. 67 and LDL 101. I have an appointment on wednesday to see if the cancer is gone, and, either way, I'm going back to Johns-Hopkins to have a follow up exam. Think I'll plan on living a while longer; there's Old Songs, the Getaway, a performance with Gordon Bok and probably Dave Mallett. Yup, worth living for. |
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24 Jun 02 - 11:56 PM (#736247) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: catspaw49 I went past my age long ago. I can tell you though if I had ever believed when I was 20 that I would have lived even this long I would have taken better care of myself. I figure I can go another 20 or another 2 or maybe 30 or not at all........I just try to enjoy what I have while I have it. Spaw |
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25 Jun 02 - 12:13 AM (#736254) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Amos You're in the groove, Spawman. Keep up the good stress-shedding and you'll sing us all under!! LOL!! A |
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25 Jun 02 - 03:52 AM (#736338) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Catherine Jayne WOW apparently I am going to live til I'm 89.4 years old!!!! Role on the next 68 years!!!!! AAAARRRGGGGHHHH I can't imagine living THAT long! Oh well if I am happy and surrounded by people I care about (pretty much like now!) then I suppose I don't have a problem with that. Cat x |
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25 Jun 02 - 04:45 AM (#736346) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: alison you and me both.... 89.4 !!!! lol slainte alison |
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25 Jun 02 - 06:47 AM (#736376) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: allie kiwi 90.4 *grin*Maybe music makes the soul want to keep the body alive longer? But I have to admit guessing my weight. Any idea how many pounds in a kg? Or yet - I know how much I weigh in stone (8 stone 2) ... but what is that in pounds??
Allie |
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25 Jun 02 - 08:17 AM (#736430) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Hrothgar 86. That's a shame, because I wanted to shoot my age a golf, which would entail living to nearly 120. |
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25 Jun 02 - 09:01 AM (#736469) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: kendall a stone is 14 pounds, a kg is 2 pounds |
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25 Jun 02 - 09:38 AM (#736486) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: mack/misophist I've known a number of people in their 80's. Thank the stars I'm going to die young. |
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25 Jun 02 - 01:53 PM (#736643) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: SharonA 79.6 for me. Considering that my mother dropped dead of a massive heart attack a couple of months before her 80th birthday, that sounds about right. But waitaminnit... I only eat turkey bologna, not the nondescript stuff! Does that count as bologna? |
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25 Jun 02 - 02:40 PM (#736673) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Jerry Rasmussen 91.4. I think there's been a mistake here. My Father died at 94, my Mother just celebrated her 95th birthday with 3 birthday parties, and just stopped driving this year... drove her Father's milk truck making deliveries at 13. I think that the youngest anyone has died on my Mother's side of the family (other than one of her brothers who was accidentally electrocuted) was 93 or 94. Same with my Grandparents who died well into their 90's, with the exception of my Mother's Mother who died on the operating table through gross negligence on the part of the surgeon. I just turned 67 and it is really weird to think that if I live a couple of years longer than my parents, I may still have a third of my life left. Personally, I can't take credit for any of it... Jerry |
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25 Jun 02 - 03:07 PM (#736687) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Amergin Your life expectancy is 88.2 years LOL....it did not take into account things like depression...and other mental health related illnesses.. |
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25 Jun 02 - 03:19 PM (#736698) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: GUEST Great news! I should be around for decades after Lepus Rex is dead. I'm looking forward to a Lepus Rex-free planet. |
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25 Jun 02 - 03:49 PM (#736726) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: 53 Mine is 86.6 which ain't to bad these days and times. Bob |
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25 Jun 02 - 04:02 PM (#736740) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: The Walrus A life expectancy of 80.4 years (Should I book for early November 2036 now?) - that's not bad going, neither of my parents (nor many of my Mother's siblings) reached 65. What makes me think this test might be partially wishful thinking? Walrus |
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25 Jun 02 - 04:02 PM (#736741) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Mrrzy I'll make it to over 90 and I don't lead a good life... yikes! But that's with grandparents of over 95... all I need to is avoid wars, I guess. Nobody in my family has died of natural causes at an age under 95 in at least 2 generations, but the Nazis knocked out most of Mom's side and terrorists got Dad... can bad luck run in families? |
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25 Jun 02 - 04:03 PM (#736742) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Eric the Viking Bloody right about no accuacy-they don't know what I know! 87.5 years-I'll be bloody lucky! But I wouldn't mind, more time for music. |
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25 Jun 02 - 04:12 PM (#736754) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Deda 88 plus -- but there are a number of questions missing, and I don't actually know my grandparents' ages when they died -- except my paternal grandmother was well into her 90s and quite senile -- but she lived on her own reasonably well and healthy until her late 80s. I could actually live to be a great-grandmother! And my kids will be saddled with supporting me, unless I start making more money and not dawdling around on the 'cat! |
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25 Jun 02 - 04:43 PM (#736792) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Bat Goddess Jeez -- I came up at 94.6. And me on the wrong side of 200 lbs. But I take my vitamins, garlic & parsley tabs as well as E and selenium (taken together, by the way, and not at the same time as your other vitamins). Curmudgeon smokes, but he avoids it around me. Got some long-lived ancestors on Dad's side of the family -- probably makes up for the other side of the family. Life is stressful, but hey, I've learned to cope with that and come out smiling on the other side. Gardening, walking, and running around at my p/t job -- better than sweating over machines (though my free weights get lots of use). The most sedentary I get is typing away here at Mudcat or reading during a de-stressification bubble bath with my alloted margarita. (Hey, with all that vitamin C, cactus & lime juice, margaritas are health food, right?) Linn |
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25 Jun 02 - 06:37 PM (#736894) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Gloredhel 90.6, yeah, that's about right, I guess. Now I know why my parents stress the importance of planning for retirement--I'll still have a third of my life left by the time I want to stop working! (Mental note: ask Dad how retirement plans work. Thank God there's an accountant in the family!) |
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26 Jun 02 - 04:30 AM (#737195) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Hrothgar Gee, Jerry R, if you didn't have all those long-lived relatives, this system could have you karking it about now. You had better watch your personal habits! :-))) |
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26 Jun 02 - 04:57 AM (#737204) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Mr Happy i get the result 75yrs even if i put in the lowest and highest possible weights, ie 0.1lb & 999lbs i'll not be buying the book
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26 Jun 02 - 05:22 AM (#737216) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: fat B****rd 2030 if I stop lying. I mean the year 2030 not the age. |
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26 Jun 02 - 06:33 AM (#737245) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Mr Happy fat b'st**d, only 'til 8.30pm? |
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26 Jun 02 - 08:15 AM (#737266) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Jerry Rasmussen Hrothgar: "Karking?" That's a new one to me... is that like "Checking Out," or "kicking the bucket?"
A few years ago, I went to visit my Aunt and Uncle who were living in the same residence my Mother now lives in. While we were sitting in the social room, a woman came wheeling down the hallway at a break-neck clip, and pulled into the room (right over my Uncle's foot.) She no sooner had interrupted our visit than she dozed off. She'd doze off for a minute or two and then wake up and start talking. My Aunt knew the woman and asked her to tell us how old she was, because she'd just had her birthday. The woman said, "A man asked me how old I was, the other day and I told him I'm 106. He said, you don't look a day over 100!" Vanity never dies. And good for her. And the guy who complimented her. She clearly was feeling good about only looking 100 years old. :-) Jerry |
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26 Jun 02 - 08:38 AM (#737281) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: annamill Aren't humans fun! More interesting than any other creature. Can't help but love 'em. Annamill |
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26 Jun 02 - 09:04 AM (#737290) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Catherine Jayne Most of my family have popped their clogs of cancer in their 60's so ermmmm I'm not holding out on the 89.4 the quiz told me. But the next 68 years could be fun!!!!!! cat x |
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28 Jun 02 - 04:55 PM (#739047) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: EBarnacle1 As long as I can make it manana, I'll be happy! |
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28 Jun 02 - 05:36 PM (#739069) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Donuel WWould you buy life without death eternally healthy and bypass the pearly gates?
It will be the most wealthy.
Could science deliver
Should it be secret,
It is not what we need
What if dictators
Can we crack the code
I bet that we could
Is life without death
They'll give it a try
Soon gene therapy
They won't live forever |
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28 Jun 02 - 06:30 PM (#739090) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: GUEST,DW at work Wow, with my stress levels and the amount I smoked, I should have died 3 years ago. Maybe I should have married. I wouldn't live any longer, it would just feel like it. DW |
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29 Jun 02 - 11:10 AM (#739410) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: mack/misophist Somewhere in his work, R A Heinlein says the only way to insure immortality is to choose the right grandparents. |
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30 Jun 02 - 01:26 AM (#739656) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Stephen L. Rich That's odd. The test says that i died three days ago. |
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30 Jun 02 - 02:45 AM (#739670) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: GUEST The quiz didn't ask about gene-linked diseases like early-onset Alzheimer's. But it's kind of a good idea - we might as well do all we can to maximise health; better a healthy 80-year-old than a miserable draggy-aroundy one. |
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01 Jul 02 - 05:11 AM (#740044) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Hrothgar Yes Jerry, to "kark" means to die. Also spelt "cark." Described in the Macquarie Dictionary as a shortened form of "carcass." |
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01 Jul 02 - 08:04 PM (#740395) Subject: RE: BS: Life expectancy quiz. From: Lepus Rex I dunno about this test. I went back and messed around with the test... Put in things like 7ft tall, 70lbs, and 2ft tall, 900lbs. Didn't change a thing. So, looks like my "dead by 40" dreams aren't crushed just yet! :D ---Lepus Rex |